The Tattoo Artist
Gabi Bessa is an eccentric and versatile artist who expresses her creativity through multiple languages. Born in São Paulo, she developed an early and profound passion for the human body, which initially led her to study medicine for four years.
However, her artistic impulse eventually prevailed, redirecting her trajectory toward the world of arts,
without abandoning the valuable technical and scientific knowledge she had acquired.
Artistic Journey
Her artistic career began in painting, where she created remarkable works featuring women skulls with subtle erotic elements. In these compositions, the skull symbolized the aggressiveness that protects the feminine side, fragile and complex, simultaneously revealing it as sensual and strong. This work already demonstrated the unique fusion between art, medicine, and philosophy that would characterize all her subsequent production.
After gaining recognition as a visual artist, Gabi received a tattoo machine as a gift, thus discovering a new form of expression that she immediately fell in love with. This encounter with tattooing marked the beginning of a journey that now spans 13 years of professional experience. Her background in biomedicine, combined with her studies in medicine, allowed her to develop a unique approach that integrates scientific knowledge and artistic sensitivity.
Style and Methodology
In artistic tattooing, Gabi developed a distinctive style characterized by anatomical ornamental themes and minimalist language. Her working method is especially notable: she draws freehand directly on the skin, without using stencils. This technique allows each creation to perfectly adapt to individual anatomy, with lines that follow the natural curves of the body, resulting in an exclusive harmonization that respects each person's uniqueness.
Her creative process is collaborative and personalized, transforming ideas into meaningful art. Her portfolio ranges from delicate works to elaborate compositions, always emphasizing aesthetic harmony and personal meaning. She has developed a fluid and authentic line that has become her signature, recognizable from a distance by connoisseurs.
Paramedical Tattooing
Alongside artistic tattooing, Gabi Bessa also dedicates herself to paramedical tattooing, offering specialized solutions such as scar camouflage and realistic reconstruction of nipple-areola complexes. These procedures restore naturalness and comfort for people who have undergone surgeries or traumas, giving them back confidence and self-esteem. This approach reaffirms her commitment to the integration between science and art, offering not only beauty but also healing and renewal through body art.
Gabi Bessa's integral approach, combining technical-scientific knowledge with artistic sensitivity in different languages, makes her work truly singular. Whether through artistic tattooing, paramedical tattooing, or music, her work transcends mere aesthetics to offer transformative experiences, marked by authenticity and the ability to connect with people.
" Despite being tattooed and loving tattoos, I had never thought about being a tattoo artist, but as soon as I got the machine was love at first sight. "
" It is very interesting to make art in people. Remits a tribal ancestor spirit of wanting to mark the body to differentiate and externalize their belief or social status to the world. I can say that tattoo fills me in many ways, it represents a summary of my experiences of life in medicine and art. I still doing art, dealing with people intimately and working with a little blood, which has always fascinated me "
Gabi Bessa - Plastic Artist and Tattooist